Check your profile. Be sure you've entered earliest known maternal ancestor - with location! Look at your privacy settings to be sure that "Who can view my DNA results in group projects? " is set to "anyone". (It won't identify you) And "Who can view my Earliest Known Ancestor? " should be "project members".

No. It will not be uploaded for years if then. I think the last time any were transferred was 2012. If you want to be assured you are contributing your sequence to research, ask Ian Logan to help you submit it directly to GenBank.

That was to bad then, thought it was an easy solution for people to quickly submit it. Wondering why FTDNA do this surveys if they don't use them for the public good after they have received the permission to do so